Audio flashback: Gore rips Bush’s terror policies in September 2002

posted at 1:07 pm on May 16, 2009 by Allahpundit

Via Don Surber, a memory refresher to follow last night’s post about what a liar he is. Be sure to listen all the way through or you’ll miss him calling Bush’s detention policies “un-American,” which of course is A-OK when used by a liberal to criticize a conservative but an outrageous slur vice versa. The more I think about his “I waited two years to complain!” defense (which, again, is a lie), the more profoundly stupid it seems. If, as he says here, he considered Bush’s policies to be an attack on constitutional rights, why on earth would he wait to speak up about it? Is he actually suggesting that the respectful silence owed to a new president by the previous administration means they should shut up and watch while he does something as grave as tearing up the Bill of Rights? And if he’s not suggesting that, what’s his beef with Cheney chiming in about a matter as grave as terrorist interrogations and national security? The “logic” here is downright Pelosi-esque.

Exit question: When’s St. Al going to speak out about Obama retaining most of Bush’s counterterror infrastructure? Or is he too consumed with weeping at the moment to formulate his thoughts properly? Click the image to listen.

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Barry, there’s a saying in the Bible that goes something like, “You can’t serve two masters. You either love one and hate the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God & money.”

Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men! Producing more hot air than a locomotive! Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a tall building in a single bound!!!

Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman! It’s the Sultan of Hanging Chads! It’s the Ayatollah of Heat! No, it’s CarbonMan in a private jet painted green! And now following in the tradition of other great men such as Jimmy Carter and Yasir Arafat, he is the proud recipient of a Nobel Prize!!!

CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of any sane man, disguised as Fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal GreenLeague such as BioFuelHummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never ending battle for Science-fiction, hypocrisy and the Hollywood way!

Al Gore converted simple and natural changes in the weather into an engine for enslaving mankind to filch wealth and power to himself. He, in fact, constitutes the real Anti-Scientist.
- “Channeling” Thomas Jefferson

Al Gore is an ass. When Al Gore and his family start walking everywhere and live in a cardboard box, he can lecture me about my energy consumption, etc. Same goes for all the celebs who live in homes 30 times as big as my apartment with fifteen different cars and decide to lecture me about Global Warming. As far I I am concerned, they can all go bugger off.

The main problem with Gore’s criticism of the USA was that he did it overseas (much like Obama’s international apology tour). That used to be taboo. But Gore went to Saudi Arabia to tell them that yes, indeed, America is a terrible place.

Criticizing is American. Going overseas and telling oppressive dictatorships that America is bad is a whole other level of un-American.

Reality and what the D politicians said decoupled at least a decade ago. . . because the media let them get away with lying.

I sometimes wonder about the intelligence of people like Gore and Pelosi. I understand that they expect the MSM to merely repeat their most recent pronouncements without ever comparing them to previous actions or statements that would embarrass them. But do they really not understand that the Left wing media is no longer the sole proprietor of archive material?

They are both incapable of making a consistent argument about anything. With them, it’s always whatever is politically expedient right now.

Gore is a self-righteous, self-centered prig, unwilling or incapable of recognizing his own hypocrisy. His behavior consists of grandstanding on any issue that he perceives is politically expedient at the moment.

Far more damaging is the administration’s attack on fundamental constitutional rights that we ought to have and do have as American citizens. The very idea that an American citizen can be imprisoned without recourse to judicial process or remedies, and that this can be done on the sole say-so of the president of the United States or those acting in his name, is beyond the pale and un-American and it ought to be stopped.

So why didn’t he speak up about this in 1996?

When the anti-terror law was passed?

The “Power” he is speaking of, comes from that bill, not the PATRIOT ACT.

Permanent resident aliens arrested under this law have to prove they should not be held in jail before trial. Secret evidence can used in the detention hearings and at trial that only the judge could see, not the defendant.

Presidential powers expanded.

The President can label organizations — without any appeal or review — as “terrorist”, and criminalize fundraising for humanitarian aid even remotely related to such groups.

Constitutional protections eroded.

The law further restricts the Bill of Rights’ habeas corpus protections for state prisoners. Although this is a terrorism law, and death-row inmates were used to justify this provision, this affects all state prisoners, and no one convicted of federal terrorism laws. Prisoners are required to prove the state acted “unreasonably,” a tough legal standard that isn’t met simply by having credible evidence of innocence or wrongful imprisonment.

Punishment for lawful actions.

Permanent resident aliens can be deported or indefinitely jailed for their affiliations or political activity, with no judicial review.

First Amendment protections weakened.

The law lifts a 1994 Crime law restriction prohibiting the FBI from investigations based on speech or beliefs, when restricting humanitarian aid. Foreigners can be barred from speaking in the U.S. using McCarthy era McCarran-Walter Act provisions. An overbroad definition of terrorism virtually requires the Justice Department to select crimes to prosecute based on political beliefs and associations.

Gore..did you get the boatloads of cash to fight global warming from Obama? You kno the cash Bush wouldnt give you. Oh wait Obama’s priority is billions for govt healthcare. Tell em AL…tell him what good is health if u aint got an Earth.

AP – The joke of Gore’s statement is that he didn’t have to say anything because everyone else was carrying his water until 9/10. Then it stopped until he kicked it back up in ’02.

He disappeared to play the role of the martyr. He re-appeared as fat, unshaven, plaid shirt Al and people thought he lost his marbles. Then, he starts dropping “W betrayed us talk” and the rest is history.

Or is he too consumed with weeping at the moment to formulate his thoughts properly? Click the image to listen.

He’s too busy distracting people from the fact that the Earth has been cooling for the past two years. If the truth gets out he may be prevented from milking more millions from his AGW hoax.

Well at least, he has that fool Bill O’Reilly on his side.

O’Reilly is convinced the Earth is warming because his thermometer tells him so. So here it is the 17th of May and the temperature has been 10° below normal for the whole month but O’Reilly hasn’t noticed. We should all send O’Reilly a thermometer that works.